Netskope Threat Labs

CVE-2014-8440

ATP Sandbox Adv. Heuristics

This detection identifies exploitation attempts targeting CVE-2014-8440, which has a UNKNOWN severity rating. Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.252 and 14.x and 15.x before 15.0.0.223 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.418 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 15.0.0.356, Adobe AIR SDK before 15.0.0.356, and Adobe AIR SDK and Compiler before 15.0.0.356 allow cyberattackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0576, CVE-2014-0581, and CVE-2014-8441.

First seen
March 2022
Last seen
September 2026
Alert Name
ByteCode-SWF.Exploit.CVE-2014-8440